GOP Senator Would Offer Legal Status for Immigrants

By

Sara Murray

Updated March 19, 2013 7:23 p.m. ET

Republican Sen. Rand Paul laid out a plan Tuesday that would grant legal status to illegal immigrants and an eventual pathway to citizenship, a move that could bolster his national profile while irking some of his supporters.

Because the Kentucky senator is a prominent member of the GOP's tea-party wing, his position may give political cover to other conservatives to back a drive in the Senate to overhaul immigration laws and give...